Schedule for today, Thursday, Sep 01’2016

(time / country / index / period / previous value / forecast)

01:00 China Manufacturing PMI August 49.9 49.9

01:00 China Non-Manufacturing PMI August 53.9

01:30 Australia Retail Sales, M/M July 0.1% 0.3%

01:30 Australia Private Capital Expenditure Quarter II -5.2% -4.2%

01:45 China Markit/Caixin Manufacturing PMI August 50.6

02:00 Japan Manufacturing PMI (Finally) August 49.3 49.6

07:15 Switzerland Retail Sales (MoM) July -0.5%

07:15 Switzerland Retail Sales Y/Y July -3.9%

07:30 Switzerland Manufacturing PMI August 50.1 50.5

07:50 France Manufacturing PMI (Finally) August 48.6 48.5

07:55 Germany Manufacturing PMI (Finally) August 53.8 53.6

08:00 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (Finally) August 52 51.8

08:30 United Kingdom Purchasing Manager Index Manufacturing August 48.2 49.0

12:30 U.S. Continuing Jobless Claims 2145 2145

12:30 U.S. Unit Labor Costs, q/q (Finally) Quarter II -0.2% 2.1%

12:30 U.S. Nonfarm Productivity, q/q (Finally) Quarter II -0.6% -0.5%

12:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims 261 265

13:45 U.S. Manufacturing PMI (Finally) August 52.9 52.1

14:00 U.S. Construction Spending, m/m July -0.6% 0.5%

14:00 U.S. ISM Manufacturing August 52.6 52

20:00 U.S. Total Vehicle Sales, mln August 17.88 17.2